Tundi agardy biography examples

American conservationist

Tundi Spring Agardy (born May 10, 1957) is a marine conservationist and the founder of Sound Seas – a Washington DC–based group specializing in working at the nexus of marine science and policy in order to safeguard ocean life.

Education and inspiration

Hungarian by descent, Agardy was born in the United States after her parents and sister fled Hungary.

She had the good fortune of being selected to participate in a high school expedition to the U.S. Virgin Islands to learn about field biology, and there cemented her desire to focus on the sea and the challenges to preserving its wonders. After studying at Wellesley and Dartmouth Colleges in New England (USA), she returned to the Virgin Islands to lead an Endangered Species Management Program in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Years later she returned to graduate school at the University of Rhode Island (URI), where she simultaneously worked towards her